RFC: C-sharp style property get/set syntax for PHP

Hello, This is my first time using a mailing list, so please bear with me. Some time back I suggested that PHP should have a property get/set syntax similar to that of Microsoft's C# language. One of the PHP developers suggested that if I were serious about it, I should write an RFC. I have done just that, and I would now like to present my RFC to everyone here in internals, in order to start a discussion on the topic. The RFC: Many modern languages have a special syntax for writing get/set method pairs. All that PHP currently supports is __get and __set, which while great for writing generic get/set methods is nearly useless when it comes to individual properties. Our only other choice is the age old process of writing custom class methods to make our get/set methods. Not only does this lack any kind of uniformity, but it also complicates the syntax ($foo->getBar() and $foo->setBar('baz') instead of $foo->bar and $foo->bar='baz'). I believe that if PHP is going embrace modern object-oriented design, including encapsulation, than it needs a modern solution to property getters and setters. I wont add much more here, but rather let the RFC itself do the talking. It is fairly well fleshed out, and should explain everything clearly enough. Link to the RFC: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/propertygetsetsyntax Thanks, Dennis Robinson